Band 5 Rotational Dietitian

This is a rotational Band 5 Dietitian role at St George's Hospital, part of a 6-month rotation scheme in various areas including community, cardiothoracic, gastroenterology, neurosciences/neurosurgery, and senior health/acute medicine.

The postholder will provide a dietetic service to various patient groups, following evidence-based practice, and will be an active multidisciplinary team member, educator, and developer of nutrition policy and guidelines.

Main duties of the job:

• Deliver inpatient dietetic care to inpatients at St George's Hospital in areas related to rotation, including oral nutrition support and enteral tube feeding.
• Deliver an outpatient service to patients under consultants at St George's Hospital, including nutrition support, hypercholesterolaemia, weight management, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, IBS, and other conditions.
• Deliver teaching about malnutrition screening and ward-based nutritional interventions to staff as part of induction and ad-hoc on wards.
• Deliver patient talks, including cardiac rehab, pulmonary rehab, and 'healthy bones'.
• Participate in departmental audits and service development.

The successful candidate will join a well-established, supportive dietetic department working alongside experienced dietitians across a range of specialties. The postholder will work within a team of 5 Band 5 Dietitians covering different rotations.

The wider dietetic department consists of over 70 dietitians, who provide clinical inpatient and outpatient services to a variety of specialties. The department is committed to training dietetic students and actively participates in the training programmes of clinical and non-clinical staff.

Benefits:

• Continuous learning and CPD support
• Shadowing of different specialties and student supervision opportunities

Requirements:

• BSc/Postgraduate diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics
• HCPC registered
• Pre-registration placement completion
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Presentation skills and ability to work effectively single-handedly with individuals and groups
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Ability to work as part of a team and under own initiative
• Computer literacy
• Motivation and counselling skills